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EP2493496B1
EP2493496B1 EP10775689.2A EP10775689A EP2493496B1 EP 2493496 B1 EP2493496 B1 EP 2493496B1 EP 10775689 A EP10775689 A EP 10775689A EP 2493496 B1 EP2493496 B1 EP 2493496B1
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  • the present invention relates to the use of Glutathione-S-transferase P1.
  • GSTs The glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are a multigene family of isozymes that catalyze the nucleophilic attack of the sulfur atom of glutathione (GSH) on electrophilic groups of substrate molecules. GSTs are known as detoxicating enzymes which conjugate toxic substances with GSH to become more water-soluble products which can be metabolised in the liver and finally excreted out of the body. On the basis of the amino acid sequence, the mammalian GSTs are divided into six classes: alpha, mu, omega, pi, theta and zeta.
  • glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1; GST-pi, GSTP1-1) is the most prevalent one in mammalian cells.
  • GSTP1 has also generated interest as a neoplastic marker because it is overexpressed in a variety of different human malignancies, including lung, colon, stomach, esophagus, mouth, kidney, ovary and testicular cancers.
  • Most prostate cancer types contain decreased levels of GSTP1 polypeptide relative to normal prostate tissue due to hypermethylation of the GSTP1 promoter resulting in decreased transcription of GSTP1 ( US 2009/0186360 A1 ).
  • GSTP1 is determinant in cellular response to oxidative stress and protects tumor cells from apoptosis elicited by a variety of cytotoxic agents, such as H 2 O 2 , UV, cisplatin, adriamycin, etoposide, thiotepa, chlorambucil, ethacrynic acid and arsenic trioxide.
  • cytotoxic agents such as H 2 O 2 , UV, cisplatin, adriamycin, etoposide, thiotepa, chlorambucil, ethacrynic acid and arsenic trioxide.
  • GSTP1 is therefore considered as a promising target in tumour medicine, both as a target for drug action and as a tumor marker.
  • GSTP1 also participates in the regulation of stress signalling and protects cells against apoptosis by the mechanisms related to its non-catalytic and ligand-binding activities. For example, GSTP1 prevents LPS-induced excessive production of pro-inflammatory factors and plays an anti-inflammatory role in response to LPS. GSTP1 expression, both at transcriptional and translational levels, is up-regulated by LPS stimulation. GSTP1 also functions as an endogenous inhibitor of JNK (c-Jun NH 2 -terminal kinase), via interaction with the C-terminus. It could also be demonstrated that exogenous (recombinant) GSTP1 protein could be delivered into macrophages and suppressed iNOS and COX-2 expression in cells. Furthermore, intraperitoneally administered GSTP1 protein to mice decreased mortality of endotoxic shock significantly and inhibited acute lung injury and peritonitis ( Luo et al., Mol. Immunol. 46 (2009), 848-857 ).
  • EP 1 500 709 A1 suggests GSTP1 as one of 22 inflammation markers.
  • Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases, including the dilative (DCM), the most frequent entity among cardiomyopathies, and ischemic (ICM) forms.
  • DCM dilative
  • ICM ischemic
  • results of the last decade's work clearly provide evidence that inflammation and enhanced release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, especially tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- ⁇ might play a role in the pathogenesis of CMP.
  • TNF tumor necrosis factor
  • IHD The pathology of IHD is immediately related to the development of CMP, patients currently receive medications such as beta-blockers or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-blockers with the goal to ameliorate the patient's symptoms and to prevent or delay the development of (ischemic) CMP due to IHD. It is therefore common to use therapies for CMP also for IHD.
  • therapies for CMP also for IHD.
  • patients who develop CMP based on IHD in particular end-stage CMP, have currently only limited therapeutic options (e.g. cardiac transplantation or the use of ventricular assist devices, which can be in turn offered only to a limited number of patients).
  • ischemic heart diseases also called coronary heart diseases that can result in myocardial infarction
  • elevated blood pressure-induced CMP and volume-induced CMP especially elevated blood pressure-induced CMP and volume-induced CMP.
  • Cardiomyopathies result in recurrent exacerbation leading to hospitalization or death. Therefore, also close surveillance and thorough clinical tests are required to achieve the optimal tailored cardiomyopathy treatment in these patients, associated with tremendous health care costs.
  • a biomarker that could identify the evolution of cardiomyopathy and help to optimize treatment monitoring and outcome is therefore highly desirable. Ideally, such a test should be sensitive, specific, none-invasive, quick and cheap.
  • BNP brain-type natriuretic peptide
  • proBNP inactive N-terminal fragment
  • circulating BNP and proBNP levels are dramatically affected by renal function and are age- and gender-dependent. In addition, it remains unknown whether proBNP could be beneficial in diagnosis of preserved as opposed to reduced ejection fraction (EF) CMP.
  • the invention provides Glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) for use in the prevention or treatment of cardiomyopathies (CMPs).
  • CMPs cardiomyopathies
  • GSTP1 is beneficial in CMP treatment.
  • GSTP1 has been described as a relevant protein in cancer medicine (e.g. US 5,427,917 A , US 5,552,277 A and WO 98/21359 A1 ) and in allergic diseases, such as asthma, especially in connection with traffic-related air pollution (e.g. Melen et al., Env. Health Persp. 116 (2008), 1077-1084 ).
  • GSTP1 has also been suggested to decrease mortality of endotoxic shock and inhibition of acute lung injury and peritonitis ( Luo et al., Mol. Immunol. 46 (2009), 848-875 ).
  • GSTP1 was reported to interact with TRAF2 (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2) as a novel ligand-binding function of GSTP1 in regulating kinase signalling ( Wu et al., Oncogene 25 (2006), 5787-5800 ).
  • GSTP1 is specifically upregulated in CMP patients as compared to controls. It was further found that recombinant GSTP1 mediated GSTP1-TRAF2 association, decreased pro-inflammatory JNK1 and p38 activation and TRAF2 expression dependent on its dose and the underlying form of CMP. This enabled the provision of a new therapy strategy for CMP by administration of GSTP1. Since GSTP1 ameliorates TNF- ⁇ -mediated activation of pro-inflammatory JNK1/p38 by association to TRAF2, GSTP1 is not only beneficial in CMP treatment but also for the prevention of CMP, especially in risk patients, such as hypertensive patients.
  • the present invention provides the use of GSTP1 for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of CMP.
  • the treatment of CMP according to the present invention involves the administration of an effective amount of GSTP1 to an individual in need of such treatment, e.g. human CMP patients.
  • an individual in need of such treatment e.g. human CMP patients.
  • patients currently receive medications such as beta-blockers or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-blockers with the goal to ameliorate the patient's symptoms and to prevent or delay the development of (ischemic) CMP due to IHD.
  • ACE angiotensin converting enzyme
  • CMPs can be caused by myocardial infarction, can be idiopathic dilative or be caused by hypertension. All these forms can be treated with GSTP1 according to the present invention.
  • ischemic CMPs e.g. caused by myocardial infarction can be treated with GSTP1
  • non-ischemic forms can be treated (e.g. idiopathic dilated CMPs or hypertension- or volume-induced CMPs). Since in all these CMPs, inflammatory pathways are involved, this makes them eligible for treatment with GSTP1 according to the present invention (even rare forms of CMP, if such inflammatory pathways are involved).
  • preferred CMPs are dilated cardiomyopathy, especially congestive cardiomyopathy; obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, especially hypertrophic subaortic stenosis; other hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, especially nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; endomyocardial (eosinophilic) disease, especially endomyocardial (tropical) fibrosis or Löffler's endocarditis; endocardial fibroelastosis, especially congenital cardiomyopathy; other restrictive cardiomyopathies, especially constrictive cardiomyopathy NOS (not otherwise specified (according to ICD-10)); alcoholic cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathies due to drugs and other external agents, unspecified cardiomyopathies, especially cardiomyopathy (primary)(secondary) NOS; cardiomyopathy in infectious and parasitic diseases, especially cardiomyopathy in diphtheria; cardiomyopathy in metabolic diseases, especially cardiac amyloidosis; cardiomyopathy in nutritional diseases, especially nutritional diseases, especially nutritional diseases,
  • CMPs to be treated (or prevented) according to the present invention are CMPs caused by ischemia, especially by myocardial infarction; by hypertension, or by myocarditis.
  • GSTP1 treatment according to the present invention is therefore preferably applied in patients with acute myocarditis, preferably infective myocarditis, especially septic myocarditis; isolated myocarditis, myocarditis in a bacterial disease, especially diphtheritic, gonococcal, meningococcal, syphilitic or tuberculous myocarditis; myocarditis in a viral disease, especially influenzal myocarditis or mumps myocarditis; acute or chronic myocarditis in Chagas' disease, myocarditis in toxoplasmosis, rheumatoid myocarditis or sarcoid myocarditis.
  • the preferred indications according to the present invention are therefore those listed under Chapter IX of the ICD-10 (I11-I15, especially I21, I22 and I23; I20-I25, especially I21 and I22; I40-I43, especially I42; I50-I57, especially I50 and I57).
  • the main focus of the present invention is the treatment of human patients; however, based on the present findings, it is clear that also animal (mammal) CMP in which inflammation is involved can be successfully treated by GSTP1 according to the present invention.
  • This may be important for farm or zoo animals (especially breeding farm animals, such as (former) racing horses) or pets, for example dogs, cats and horses.
  • the present invention is also useable for the prevention of CMP it is clear that the primary focus of the present invention lies in the treatment of human CMP patients who have already been diagnosed of CMP or which have a high risk of developing CMP, for example patients with hypertension (e.g. Stage 2 patients with systolic pressure of 160 mm Hg or more and/or with diastolic pressure of 100 mm Hg or more).
  • Another preferred embodiment of the preventive aspect of the present invention is for angina pectoris patients, whereby myocardial infarction might or might not have occurred in this set of patients; and heart insufficiency or heart failure ( Mc Murray et al., Lancet 365 (2005), 1877-1889 ) may or may not be present.
  • heart insufficiency or heart failure Mc Murray et al., Lancet 365 (2005), 1877-1889
  • Preferred routes of administration of the GSTP1 containing medicament according to the present invention are parenteral routes, preferably intraperitoneal or intravenous administration, intravenous administration being specifically preferred.
  • Intravenous administration can be performed e.g. via bolus injection or by continuous intravenous delivery over a longer time period (e.g. 30 min to 6 h, especially 1 to 3 h).
  • administration directly to the heart in-tramyocardial injection
  • GSTP1 activity can be directly and in high concentrations delivered to the area of need, e.g. to an infarct region.
  • Another preferred route of administration is administration to the coronary sinus (e.g. via a catheter inserted into the coronary sinus).
  • GSTP1 Oral or mucosal routes (although described for GSTP1 in principle; see e.g. US 5,976,528 A ) are less preferred, since GSTP1 is a protein and for this route specific protection measures (enteric coating, encapsulation, etc.) are necessary as well as a significant optimisation with respect to galenic manufacture.
  • Preferred dosages for administration are dosages of 0.001 to 100 mg GSTP1/kg, preferably 0.01 to 10 mg GSTP1/kg, especially 0.1 to 1 mg GSTP1/kg, to a human individual, preferably via intravenous administration; or dosages of 0.1 to 10000 U GSTP1/kg, preferably 1 to 1000 U GSTP1/kg, especially 10 to 100 U GSTP1/kg, to a human individual, preferably via intravenous administration.
  • These are preferred daily dosages for intravenous application (“kg” means kg body weight of the person to be treated). During surgery, these dosages may also be applied, either as a whole or even more than one dosage; or only part of the dosage (having in mind that the GSTP1 can directly be applied during surgery in the area needed).
  • Ready-to-use daily dosage forms (e.g. for a 80 kg and/or a 60 kg human individual) can be pre-manufactured and can be made storage-stable by lyophilisation or freezing (and keeping at e.g. -20°C). The dosage can then be fully or only partially consumed (e.g. based on the body weight of the person to be treated).
  • the human sequence (Seq. ID. No. 1) is listed as “GSTP1_HUMAN, P09211" in the UniProtKB/SwissProt database (HGNC: 4638, Entrez Gene: 2950).
  • variants exist for this human protein (homozygous as well as heterozygous), the most important variants are a Ile to Val exchange at position 105 and a Ala to Val exchange at position 114 (Melen et al., 2008).
  • Other variants include a Gly to Glu exchange at position 78, a Thr to Ser exchange at position 110, a Gly to Glu exchange at position 139, a Asp to Tyr exchange at position 147 and a Asp to His exchange at position 158.
  • SNPs are known without affecting the amino acid sequence.
  • the CMP patient to be treated with GSTP1 according to the present invention has such an allele which results in a (heterozygous or homozygous) amino acid exchange compared to SEQ.ID.No. 1, it may be recommendable to administer to such a patient the allelic form of this protein.
  • This is specifically preferred for patients who are homozygous for this allele, e.g. patients with homozygous 105Val or 114Val allele (who could then receive the 105Val or 114Val GSTP1 variant, respectively).
  • the risk of developing adverse reactions, especially adverse immune reactions (which is always a topic for proteinaceous medicaments), is kept low.
  • any ingredients in the pharmaceutical preparation containing GSTP1 according to the present invention eliciting or boosting an immune reaction in the patient should be kept at minimum if possible.
  • Orthologs from mammals are known, e.g. from chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes; NCBI accessions: 745954, XM_001152516.1, XP_001152516.1) and mouse (Mus musculus; NCBI accessions: 148701, NM_013541.11, NP_038569.11, AK0791445, BC0020485), but also from non-mammals, such as zebrafish (Danio rerio) and worm (Caenorhabditis elegans).
  • the present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising GSTP1, preferably human recombinant GSTP1 or human placenta GSTP1, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for the prevention or treatment of cardiomyopathies or ischemic heart diseases.
  • the composition according to the present invention contains 1 to 100000 U GSTP1, preferably 10 to 10000 U GSTP1, especially 10 to 1000 U GSTP1.
  • a unit of GSTP1 activity conjugates 1.0 micro-mole of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene with reduced glutathione per minute at pH 6.5 at 25°C.
  • a preferred composition according to the present invention also contains a buffer.
  • Typical buffer systems are the carbonic acid/HCO 3 system (pH 6,2 to 8,6; neutral), carbonic acid/silicate buffer (pH 5,0 to 6,2; weakly acidic), acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 3,7 to 5,7), phosphate buffer (NaH 2 PO 4 + Na 2 HPO 4 ; pH 5,4 to 7,8), ammonia buffer (NH 3 + H 2 O + NH 4 Cl; pH 8,2 to 10,2), TRIS/HCl (Tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane; pH 7,2 to 9,0), HEPES (4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinethanesulfonic acid; pH 6,8 to 8,2), HEPPS (4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-piperazine-1-propane sulfonic acid; pH 7,3 to 8,7) or MES (2-(N-Morpholino)ethanesulfonic
  • Preferred buffers according to the present invention is a phosphate buffer, a Tris-HCl buffer or a HEPES buffer, with a pH of 5.5 to 9.0, preferably of 6.0 to 8.5, especially of 6.5 to 8.0. Buffer concentrations can preferably be adjusted to 1 mM to 1 M, especially 10 mM to 0.5 M.
  • Other preferred additional ingredients include stabilisers, chelators, salts, etc., such as glycerol, glucose, saccharose, maltose, EDTA or similar substances, NaCl, KCl, NH 4 Cl and similar salts usable in pharmaceutical preparations. Of course, all ingredients in a pharmaceutical preparation have to be of pharmaceutical grade quality.
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers preferably used are physiological saline, vegetable oils, mineral oil, aqueous sodium caroboxymethyl cellulose or aqueous polyvinylpyrrolidone; however, also sterile water can be used.
  • GSTP1 to be used according to the present invention can be provided by various ways. As mentioned above, GSTP1 from human placenta is one of the preferred natural sources of GSTP1. Other preferred sources are cultures of GSTP1 (over-)expressing cells. GSTP1 preparations are also commercially available. The preferred industrial production route according to the present invention is, however, recombinant production of GSTP1. Recombinant production of GSTP1 is well established, as well as its purification from such sources (e.g. Luo et al., 2009, Wu et al., 2006; WO 98/21359 A1 ; US 5,976,528 ; etc.). Expression vectors (e.g.
  • WO 98/21359 A1 , Part D (pages 40 to 51) containing the GSTP1 coding sequences are transferred in suitable host cells (such as COS, HEK 293, HeLa, VERO, W138, BHK or MDCK cells, but also yeast, plant, insect and bacterial cells (S. cerevisiae, E. coli, etc.).
  • GSTP1 is then expressed and purified according to standard methods. Recombinant GSTP1 production may also use variant forms of GSTP1 with additional sequences which facilitate purification, such as metal chelating peptides, protein A domains, affinity purification tags, etc. (e.g. US 5,976,528 A , column 16).
  • Such variants can - after purification or in the course of purification - be removed e.g. via cleavable linker sequences (protease, entereokinase, etc.).
  • Purified batch preparations of GSTP1 may contain e.g. 1 to 200 U GSTP1 activity per mg total protein.
  • Preferred pharmaceutical GSTP1 compositions contain 5 to 200 U/mg protein, especially 10 to 150 U/mg protein.
  • the pharmaceutical preparation according to the present invention is always provided as an appropriately labelled product which is sterile and useable for administration to human patients according to the present invention.
  • the present invention relates to GSTP1 as a diagnostic target for CMP.
  • the present invention provides the use of GSTP1 for the diagnosis of CMP.
  • GSTP1 is a known and established marker in tumor diagnosis, it was surprising that GSTP1 is a biomarker for CMP which is even superior to the current "gold standard", pro-BNP, with respect to sensitivity and specificity.
  • the cardiomyopathies referred to above for therapeutical use of GSTP1 can also be diagnosed according to the present invention.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a method for diagnosing CMP, especially the indications mentioned above, by determining the amount of GSTP1 or GSTP1 mRNA in a biological sample and comparing this amount to the GSTP1 or GSTP1 mRNA amount in a biological sample with a defined and known CMP status, especially from a healthy human individual or a patient.
  • This comparison can be done practically, i.e. in that a real sample is tested in the same manner as the biological sample (side-by-side), it can also be a virtual comparison so that the determined value is compared with a known value of a healthy or diseased sample.
  • Preferred techniques for determining the amount of GSTP1 include antibody-liked techniques, such as ELISA, optionally combined with electrophoresis techniques or radio immunoassay (RIA). Electrophoresis techniques may also be combined with MALDI techniques.
  • GSTP1 mRNA may be determined, e.g. by quantitative real time RT-PCR.
  • the preferred diagnosis target is a human patient who is suspected to have CMP, a human patient who is at risk for developing CMP or a human patient who has CMP (who has to be monitored for progression of the disease).
  • Preferred biological samples according to the present invention include human blood, plasma or serum samples or human myocardial biopsy samples. These samples can also be tested by routine methods.
  • a high concentration of GSTP1 in serum is indicative of CMP.
  • serum concentrations of GSTP1 are below 50 ng/ml or, preferably, even below 10 ng/ml.
  • a CMP diseased status can be diagnosed at a serum level at 50 ng/ml or above, preferably at 100 ng/ml or above. Severe forms of CMP can be diagnosed at 200 ng/ml or above. Of course, these levels always depend on the technique used for assaying the GSTP1 protein.
  • CMP diseased status can be diagnosed if the serum level of GSTP1 is elevated by at least the factor 2, preferably by at least the factor 5, compared to a healthy status, especially the healthy status of the same patient. Severe forms could be diagnosed, if the serum GSTP1 level is elevated by at least the factor 10, especially by at least the factor 20, compared to a healthy status, especially the healthy status of the same patient.
  • determining the amount of GSTP1 or GSTP1 mRNA in a sample can be performed within a very short time by standard test methods, such as ELISA or PCR.
  • standard test methods such as ELISA or PCR.
  • the present invention Based on the DNA and amino acid sequence according to SEQ.ID.NO.2 and SEQ.ID.NO.1 (and the data base entries mentioned above for the GSTP1 gene and the GSTP1 protein), the present invention also provides e.g. a PCR assay for identification of S. aureus infections or a sandwich ELISA assay.
  • GSTP1 can be caught out of a biological sample with a GSTP1-specific antibody and detected and quantified with a second antibody directed against a different epitope of GSTP1 or an antibody being specific for the previous binding event.
  • the present invention therefore also provides a kit for determining the amount of GSTP1 mRNA in a least two synthetic nucleic acid sequences for amplifying at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding GSTP1 or parts thereof, wherein at least of one of the synthetic nucleic acid sequences in the kit is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a suitable primer pair, the primers being a nucleic acid sequence comprising 10-30 consecutive nucleotides of at least one of the following: (i) the GSTP1 mRNA according to SEQ.ID.NO.2 or the complementary sequence thereof; or (ii) from the 5' or 3' noncoding region of the GSTP1 gene (e.g.
  • primers being usable for polymerising a nucleotide sequence located between the primers on the GSTP1 gene or its 5'- or 3'-region (said polymerizable GSTP1 nucleotide sequence being PCR detectable and preferably up to 1000 bp, more preferred up to 500 bp, even more preferred up to 300bp in length; on the other hand, the primers may also be selected to polymerise (with PCR) the whole GSTP1 m-RNA); and (b) suitable reagents for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
  • PCR polymerase chain reaction
  • the kit further comprises: (c) instructions for use and (d) optionally, a positive and/or negative control for determining and/or quantification of GSTP1 mRNA, especially a control nucleic acid encoding GSTP1 or a fragment thereof.
  • PCR reaction buffer examples include PCR reaction buffer, Mg 2+ (e.g., MgCl 2 ), dNTPs, DNA polymerases (such as reverse transcriptases and thermostable DNA polymerases (e.g., Taq-related DNA polymerases and Pfu-related DNA polymerases)), RNase, PCR reaction enhancers or inhibitors, PCR reaction monitoring agents (e.g., double-stranded DNA dye (such as SYBRTM Green), TaqManTM probes, molecular beacons, and Scorpion-sTM), and PCR-grade water.
  • DNA polymerases such as reverse transcriptases and thermostable DNA polymerases (e.g., Taq-related DNA polymerases and Pfu-related DNA polymerases)
  • RNase e.g., RNase
  • PCR reaction enhancers or inhibitors e.g., RNase, PCR reaction enhancers or inhibitors
  • PCR reaction monitoring agents e.g., double
  • PCR polymerase chain reaction
  • a PCR assay may use a heat-stable polymerase and two about 10 to 30 base primers: one complementary to the (+)-strand at one end of the sequence to be amplified, and the other complementary to the (-)-strand at the other end.
  • the newly-synthesized biological sample comprising: (a) a primer set comprising at DNA strands can subsequently serve as additional templates for the same primer sequences, successive rounds of primer annealing, strand elongation, and dissociation may produce rapid and highly-specific amplification of the desired sequence.
  • PCR also may be used to detect the existence of a defined sequence in a GSTP1 m-RNA containing sample.
  • a typical PCR assay according to the present invention might start - optionally after reverse transcription of the mRNA into DNA - with two synthetic oligonucleotide primers which are specifically and complementarily binding to two regions of the target DNA or its complementary strand, respectively, encoding GSTP1 or its 5'- and/or 3' region (one for each strand) that is to be amplified. These may be added to the target DNA (that needs not be pure) in the presence of excess deoxynucleotides (dNTPs) and a thermostable DNA polymerase (e.g., Taq polymerase).
  • dNTPs deoxynucleotides
  • Taq polymerase e.g., Taq polymerase
  • the target DNA may be repeatedly denatured (about 80-100°C, e.g. 90°C), annealed to the primers (typically at 40-65°C), and a daughter strand may be extended from the primers (typically at 65-80°C, e.g. 72°C).
  • PCR is specifically suitable in the clinical diagnostics according to the present invention.
  • These tests may preferably employ labels which are also suitable for quantification, such as biotin, fluorescent molecules, radioactive molecules, chromogenic substrates, chemiluminescence markers, and the like.
  • labels which are also suitable for quantification, such as biotin, fluorescent molecules, radioactive molecules, chromogenic substrates, chemiluminescence markers, and the like.
  • the methods for biotinylating nucleic acids are well known in the art, as are methods for introducing fluorescent molecules and radioactive molecules into oligonucleotides and nucleotides.
  • Detection methods are well known for fluorescent, radioactive, chemiluminescent, chromogenic labels, as well as other commonly used labels. Briefly, chemiluminescence can be identified and quantitated most directly by their emission wavelengths and intensity.
  • biotin When biotin is employed, it is detected by avidin, streptavidin or the like, which is conjugated to a detectable marker, such as an enzyme (e.g. horseradish peroxidase).
  • a detectable marker such as an enzyme (e.g. horseradish peroxidase).
  • Steptavidin binds with high affinity to biotin, unbound streptavidin is washed away, and the presence of horseradish peroxidase enzyme is then detected using a luminescence-emission substrate in the presence of peroxide and appropriate buffers.
  • Determining the amount of GSTP1 in a sample preferably includes ELISA, RIA and FACS. Detection and quantification of GSTP1 by using anti GSTP1 antibodies is well established in the art (especially in tumor medicine) and can be readily applied for the purpose of diagnosing CMP according to the present invention (e.g. WO 98/21359 A1 ("F. Antibodies”); US 5,976,528 A , US 5,427,917 A ). Normal or standard values for GSTP1 expression are established by combining body fluids or cell extracts taken from normal mammalian subjects, preferably human, with antibody to GSTP1 under conditions suitable for complex formation. The amount of standard complex formation may be quantified by various methods, preferably by photometric means.
  • Figure 1 shows increased GSTP1 and TRAF2 in DCM and ICM patients.
  • A Representative gene array images show increased hybridization to GSTP1 and TRAF2 array sequences (arrows) of labelled cDNA probes.
  • B Representative protein array images demonstrating enhanced Cy5 (red) staining for cardiac GSTP1 and TRAF2 proteins in DCM and ICM patients compared to the Cy3 (green) staining of controls.
  • C Quantification of myocardial GSTP1 and TRAF2 mRNA expressions by real time RT-PCR.
  • GSTP1 (*P ⁇ 0.0001) and TRAF2 (P ⁇ 0.0001) mRNA expression is significantly up-regulated in heart failure patients compared to controls.
  • FIG. 1 Representative Western blot images and quantification of myocardial GSTP1 and TRAF2 protein expressions corrected for protein loading control levels.
  • FIG. 2 shows GSTP1-TRAF2 interaction and activation of JNK and p38 in DCM and ICM.
  • A Representative Western blot images and quantification of myocardial GSTP1-TRAF2 complex formation in DCM, ICM and controls. LV myocardial lysates were immunoprecipitated (IP) and precipitates were analyzed on Western blotts. Significantly lower GSTP1-TRAF2 association was found in DCM compared to ICM and controls (*P ⁇ 0.008).
  • FIG. 3 shows that GSTP1 modulates cardiac TRAF2-JNK1/p38 system in cardiac tissue cultures.
  • A Representative Western blot images of TRAF2, GSTP1, active JNK and active p38 protein expressions in cardiac tissue cultures treated with 5 ⁇ g/mL recombinant GSTP1.
  • B Quantification of TRAF2, active JNKs and active p38 protein expressions in DCM, ICM and control cardiac tissue cultures treated with recombinant GSTP1 (2.5, 5, 10 ⁇ g/ml) for 24 h.
  • FIG. 4 shows that TNF- ⁇ abrogates sensitivity of TRAF2-JNK1/p38 cascade to GSTP1 in DCM cardiac cultures.
  • A Representative Western blot images and quantification
  • B Representative Western blot images and quantification
  • FIG. 5 shows that higher GSTP1 concentrations rescue TRAF2-mediated JNK1/p38 downregulation following TNF- ⁇ treatment.
  • A Representative Western blot images and quantifications (B) of DCM, ICM and control cardiac tissue cultures treated with TNF- ⁇ (50 ng/ml) and GSTP1 (10 ⁇ g/ml).
  • B The results demonstrate that DCM cardiac tissue cultures treated with GSTP1 at 10 ⁇ g/mL and TNF- ⁇ express markedly reduced JNK and p38 activation as well as reduced TRAF2 protein expression (*P ⁇ 0.0001) as compared to TNF- ⁇ -treated controls.
  • C The immunoprecipitates of DCM cardiac tissue lysates demonstrate significant (P ⁇ 0.035) increase of GSTP1-TRAF2 association at 10 ⁇ g/ml GSTP1 as compared to 5 mg/ml GSTP1.
  • Figure 6 shows that serum and cardiac GSTP1 is associated with CMP.
  • D Representative Western blotting images and quantification of myocardial GSTP1 protein expression corrected for protein loading control levels. GSTP1 protein levels were significantly elevated in end-stage HF patients with EF ⁇ 35% versus control cardiac graft tissue (*P ⁇ 0.001).
  • Figure 7 shows serum GSTP1 and proBNP association with ejection fraction (EF) and the correlation between GSTP1 and proBNP.
  • EF ejection fraction
  • Figure 8 shows serum GSTP1 and proBNP correlation to cardiac function.
  • Figure 9 shows that GSTP1 inhibits the inflammatory cytokines in a rat acute MI model.
  • A Immunoprecipitation with Western blotting revealed no differences in GSTP1-TRAF2 complex formation between GSTP1-treated and control animals;
  • B GSTP1 decreased activated JNK1 protein expression levels as analyzed by Western blotting;
  • C GSTP1 inhibits the myocardial tissue mRNA expression of several inflammatory cytokines. *; p ⁇ 0.01.
  • FIG. 10 shows that GSTP1 ameliorates inflammation in the rat failing heart.
  • GSTP1-treated animals had significantly higher levels of complex formation between GSTP1-TRAF2, GSTP1-JNK1 and GSTP1-p38, as shown by immunoprecipitation and Western blot analyses;
  • the protein expression of activated JNK1, p38 and NF- ⁇ B is significantly lower in GSTP1-treated animals as compared to controls as shown by Western blot analyses;
  • GST-P1 inhibits the mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines TGF-B, IL-1B, IL-2 and IL-17; and increases the mRNA expression of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in failing myocardium as compared to controls. *; p ⁇ 0.001.
  • Figure 11 shows that GSTP1 attenuates myocardial remodeling in a rat ischemia-induced model of heart failure.
  • A Goldner trichrome collagen staining reveals significantly lower tissue remodeling in the heart of GSTP1-treated animals as compared to controls;
  • B left ventricular (infarct) wall thickness is significantly larger in GSTP1-treated rats compared to controls;
  • GSTP1-treated rats had a significantly lower apoptotic index as compared to controls. *; p ⁇ 0.01.
  • Figure 12 shows that GSTP1 improves the left ventricular function in a rat model of ischemia-induced heart failure.
  • A GSTP1-treated rats had significantly higher left ventricular ejection fraction at 21 days post-myocardial infarct;
  • B the left ventricular end diastolic volume is significantly greater in controls as compared to GSTP1-treated animals. *; p ⁇ 0.05.
  • ACE angiotensin converting enzyme
  • BMI body mass index
  • BSA body surface area
  • DCM dilated cardiomyopathy
  • ICM ischemic cardiomyopathy
  • LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction
  • PAP pulmonary artery pressure
  • PCWP pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
  • PVR pulmonary vascular resistance.
  • Poly(A+)-RNA was isolated with the Oligotex-dT kit (Quiagen, Valencia CA) and first-strand cDNA synthesis was performed with avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase (Promega, Madison, WI) on 2 ⁇ g poly(A+) RNA. The RNA strand within the DNA-RNA duplex was degraded and products were purified on a Sephadex G-50 spun-column (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden).
  • first-strand cDNA was used to generate [ ⁇ -32P]dCTP-labeled second-strand cDNA for the cDNA arrays (GEArray Q Human Apoptosis Gene Array, SuperArray Bioscience, Frederick, MD) as described ( Shufer et al., Circulation 108 (2003), 1585-1591 ). Pooled cDNA hybridization signals were quantified using ImageQuant software (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, CA).
  • the protein array was performed on antibody Microarray 500 (Clontech, Mountain View, CA; 507 proteins) as described ( Aharinejad et al., Circulation 120 (2009a), 11 Supp1:S198-205 ).
  • the proteins in each sample were labeled with 2 different fluorescent dyes and incubated on microarray antibody-coated slides.
  • the protein fluorescent signals of both slides were detected by the GenePix 4000B scanner (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, CA).
  • the quantification of the signal was performed by calculating an internally normalized ratio (INR), yielding the abundance of an antigen in CMP sample relative to that in control samples by using the automated Microarray Analysis Workbook (http://bioinfo.clontech.com). Proteins with INR values outside the threshold interval were considered differentially expressed.
  • Human cardiac tissue was lysed in the lysis buffer containing 20 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 135 mM NaCl, 2 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), 2 mM dithiothreitol (DTT), 25 mM ⁇ -glycerophosphate, 2 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 10% glycerol, 1% Triton X-100, 1 mM sodium orthovanadate, 10 mM NaF and 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) supplemented with complete protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche Applied Science, Indianapolis, IN, USA) at 4 C as described (Aharinejad et al., 2005).
  • Tris pH 7.5
  • EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
  • DTT dithiothreitol
  • PMSF phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride
  • Lysates were centrifuged (15 000 g) at 4 C for 15 min.
  • GSTP1-TRAF2 complexes formation proteins 500 ⁇ g were immunoprecipitated with TRAF2 antibody (0.5 ⁇ g, BD Pharmingen, San Diego, CA).
  • TRAF2 antibody 0.5 ⁇ g, BD Pharmingen, San Diego, CA.
  • the precleared Protein A/G PLUS-agarose beads (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) were incubated with immunocomplexes for another 2 h and washed four times with the lysis buffer.
  • the immunoprecipitates were further subjected on SDS-PAGE and presided with Western blotting analysis using anti-GSTP1 monoclonal antibody (Bethyl, Montgomery, TX).
  • Protein lysates 50 ⁇ g/lane were separated by SDS-PAGE (10%) prior to electrophoretic transfer onto a Nitrocellulose membrane (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA) as described (Aharinejad et al., 2005).
  • the blots were incubated with primary human monoclonal anti-GSTP1 antibody (Bethyl, Montgomery, TX), human monoclonal anti-TRAF2 (BD Pharmingen, San Diego, CA), human polyclonal phospho-p38 (Promega, Madison, WI), human polyclonal phosphor-JNK (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA), human polyclonal anti-JNK (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA), human polyclonal anti-p38 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA), prior to incubation with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ).
  • primary human monoclonal anti-GSTP1 antibody Bethyl, Montgomery, TX
  • human monoclonal anti-TRAF2 BD Pharmingen, San Diego, CA
  • human polyclonal phospho-p38 Promega, Madison, WI
  • Protein loading was assessed by Ponceau S staining and immunode-tection was performed by chemiluminescence (Supersig-nal-West-Pico, Pierce, Rockford, IL). Bands were quantified by ImageQuant software and specific protein signals were normalized to loading controls and expressed as arbitrary units. The average value of three measurements in each sample was used for data analysis.
  • the screening tissue profiling arrays identified higher cardiac GSTP1 and TRAF2 gene as well as protein expression levels in randomly selected patients with both DCM and ICM compared to the control individuals ( Figures 1A, 1B ).
  • the myocardial expression of GSTP1 and TRAF2 was then prospectively examined by real time RT-PCR and Western blotting in the study cohort. These analyses indicated significantly elevated myocardial mRNA expression levels in DCM and ICM for both GSTP1 (P ⁇ 0.0001) and TRAF2 (P ⁇ 0.0001) as compared to controls ( Figure 1C ).
  • GSTP1-treated cardiac tissue lysates were immunoprecipitated with TRAF2 antibody and immunopellets were subjected to Western blotting.
  • TNF- ⁇ abrogates the sensitivity of TRAF2/JNK/p38 cascade to GST-P1 in DCM
  • TRAF2 cardiac tissue protein expression in DCM was approximately two times higher as compared to ICM and controls and considering the results described above, we tested the effect of higher GSTP1 concentration following TNF- ⁇ treatment.
  • the results demonstrate that DCM cardiac tissue cultures treated with GSTP1 at 10 ⁇ g/mL and TNF- ⁇ at 50 ng/mL express markedly reduced JNK and p38 activation as well as reduced TRAF2 protein expression (P ⁇ 0.0001; Figures 5A, 5B ).
  • the immunoprecipitates of DCM cardiac tissue lysates demonstrate significant (P ⁇ 0.035) increase of GSTP1-TRAF2 association at 10 ⁇ g/ml as compared to 5 mg/ml GSTP1.
  • TRAF2 is a central regulator of TNF- ⁇ signalling that mediates MAPK activation.
  • GSTP1 can abrogate MAPK activation through association with TRAF2 and consequently suppress TNF- ⁇ signalling.
  • the present data show significant elevation of active JNK and p38 in DCM myocardium compared to ICM and controls.
  • Serum GSTP1 is a sensitive marker of CMP
  • the study cohort comprised 141 end-stage CMP patients scheduled for cardiac transplantation and 20 patients with pre-served EF undergoing conventional isolated aortic or mitral valve surgery. All patients underwent echocardiography, coronary artery angiography, and right-heart catheterization for evaluation of ventricular function and standard hemodynamic parameters by two independent cardiologists. The case history, clinical test results, and treatment were documented, coded and blinded to the investigators of serum samples.
  • the study patients were subdivided in groups based on their left ventricular EF assessed by echocardiography as follows: EF>52%; EF 52-43%; EF 42-33%, EF 32-23% and EF ⁇ 22% as described ( Lee et al., Circulation 119 (2009) 3070-3077 ).
  • LV anterior left ventricular wall
  • the protein fluorescent signals of both slides were detected by the GenePix 4000B scanner (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, CA).
  • the quantification of the signal was performed by calculating an internally normalized ratio (INR) using the automated Microarray Analysis Workbook (http://bioinfo.clontech.com).
  • Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for GSTP1 (HEPKITTM-Pi, Biotrin International Ltd., Dublin, Ireland) was performed according to the manufacturer's protocol. The substrate reaction was quantified spectrophotometrically by using a 96-well automated microplate reader (Anthos, Salzburg, Austria) at 450 nm. N-terminal proBNP was measured in undiluted serum automatically by a chemiluminescent noncompetitive ELISA (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN) on a Roche Elecsys 2010 analyzer.
  • Real-time RT-PCR was performed on a LightCycler instrument (Roche) as described (Aharinejad et al., 2009b, Abraham et al, 2000).
  • the primer sequences were sense/antisense: GSTP1: 5'-CCAAAGGTGGTGAGCTTCAT-3'/5'-TCTACCCAGCATGGAGGAAC-3'; and ⁇ 2-microglobulin: 5'-GATGAGTATGCCTGCCGTGTG-3'/5'-CAATCCAAATGCG-GCATCT-3'.
  • mRNA expression levels of GSTP1 was normalized to the ⁇ 2-microglobulin signal as a housekeeping gene (Aharinejad et al., 2009b, Abraham et al, 2000). The average value of three PCR measurements in each sample was used for data analysis.
  • Tissue lysates were prepared (Aharinejad et al., 2009b) and GSTP1 expression was analyzed by Western blotting using primary human monoclonal anti-GSTP1 antibody (Bethyl, Montgomery, TX). Protein bands were quantified by ImageQuant software and specific protein signals were normalized to loading controls. The average value of three measurements in each sample was used for data analysis.
  • GSTP1 and proBNP serum concentrations were compared between patient groups by analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA; Tukey's test).
  • PrS Spearman's rank correlation coefficients
  • Univariate logistic regression was used to describe the utility of GSTP1 and proBNP as predictors of EF.
  • the corresponding receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analyses were used to find optimal cut-off levels. Sensitivity and specificity of GSTP1 and proBNP cut-offs were calculated by table analysis. All statistical analyses were performed using SAS system for Windows, version 9.1.3 and the Enterprise Guide, version 4.1 (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC). Statistical significance was set at P ⁇ 0.05. Results are expressed as mean ⁇ standard deviation.
  • FIG. 6A shows the array images of GSTP1 and indicates that its serum protein levels are increased in CMP patients as compared to healthy volunteers.
  • serum GSTP1 concentration was determined in the same patient cohort selected for screening analyses by GSTP1-specific ELISA. These results show that serum GSTP1 concentrations were significantly upregulated in end-stage HF patients as compared to the control samples ( Figure 6B , P ⁇ 0.001).
  • tissue protein profiling was initiated using the LV myocardial samples of the same end-stage HF patients analysed by serum arrays and used LV myocardial biopsies of donated hearts as controls.
  • the results of tissue profiling indicate elevated GSTP1 expression levels in myocardium of end-stage HF patients as compared to controls ( Figure 6C ).
  • Western blotting analyses were performed on cardiac tissues and found significantly upregulated GSTP1 protein expression levels in patients with end-stage HF as compared to controls (P ⁇ 0.001; Figure 6D ).
  • Serum GSTP1 concentrations specifically diagnosed CMP with significant association to EF independently from demographical and clinical characteristics in our patient cohort.
  • markedly higher correlation coefficients were shown for serum GSTP1 association to EF as compared to proBNP.
  • serum GSTP1 shows better diagnostic power in CMP patients with EF ⁇ 22% as compared to proBNP. More importantly, GSTP1 diagnosed EF ⁇ 42% whereas proBNP failed.
  • proBNP is recommended to be mainly used for exclusion of CMP with normal EF in patients with symptoms attributed to CMP.
  • gender and older age are associated with higher proBNP levels ( Costello-Boerrigter er al., J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 47 (2006), 345-353 )
  • the proposed diagnostic properties of proBNP might be too unspecific to differentiate CMP with preserved EF in elderly patients.
  • proBNP can predict EF ⁇ 30% with a sensitivity and specificity of 90% and 71%, respectively in a CMP population with EF ⁇ 45%.
  • Other studies reported that plasma proBNP detect EF ⁇ 28% with 77% sensitivity and 69% specificity in a patients cohort with EF ⁇ 50%, and it was found that proBNP can predict EF ⁇ 40% with an area under the curve of 0.69.
  • proBNP had 97% sensitivity but only 26% specificity to diagnose EF ⁇ 22% with an area under the curve of 0.62.
  • the lower specificity of proBNP in the present study could be explained by the fact that our cut-off level was selected to identify lower EFs as compared to other studies.
  • GSTP1 is a sensitive, specific, cheap and quickly measurable serum marker superior to proBNP in CMP. Importantly, GSTP1 discriminates between preserved and reduced EF with a high sensitivity and specificity and can therefore serve as a novel tool in guiding of clinical trials in CMP patients.
  • the model of ligation of the anterior branch of the left coronary artery in the rat has been selected to further prove the principle of the present invention.
  • IHD is induced following the ligation of the said coronary artery branch, and over time the animals will subsequently develop CMP. Therefore, the model is best suited to show the efficacy of the suggested invention for prevention or treatment of both IHD and CMP.
  • mice Male, Sprague Dawley rats (Harlan, Borchen, Germany) will be coded for experiments. Due to expected hemodynamic compromise, ventricular fibrillation, myocardial rupture and bleeding following myocardial infarction (MI), the number of surviving animals is expected to be about 60-70%. Therefore, in each group with myocardial infarction, a total of 18 animals will be included.
  • MI myocardial infarction
  • Rats will be anesthetized with intraperitoneal injection of Ketasol (100 mg/kg body weight) and Rompun (10 mg/kg body weight), intubated tracheally using a 14-gauge catheter and ventilated with 1.5% Isofluran at 55 cycles per minute (tidal volume: 2.5 ml) before undergoing a left lateral thoracotomy.
  • the anterior branch of the left coronary artery (LCA) will be either ligated with a 7-0 polypropylene snare (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) or left intact in sham procedure.
  • LCA left coronary artery
  • LV left ventricular
  • mice with comparable base-line cardiac function will be coded and assigned to groups 1-8 as shown in Table 4.
  • animals with comparable base-line cardiac function will be coded and assigned to groups 1-8 as shown in Table 4.
  • animals with comparable base-line cardiac function will be coded and assigned to groups 1-8 as shown in Table 4.
  • animals will receive immediately after MI induction and on the first day post MI 0.6 mg/100 g body weight Piritramid (Dipidolor ® in 5% glucose solution) s.c. Further, animals will receive Piritramid via their drink water for 3 days at 0.6 mg/100 g body weight (250 ml water plus 20 ml 5% glucose solution) and at days 4-7 post MI at 0.3 mg/100 g body weight.
  • Piritramid Dipidolor ® in 5% glucose solution
  • treatment On d7, immediately after MI induction, treatment will start in groups 1-4 as follows. Group 1 will receive daily intraperi-toneal injections of Ringer's solution for two weeks (control), while groups 2-4 will receive daily injections of recombinant GSTP1 at a dose of 10, 20 and 40 mg/body weight for two weeks, respectively. On d21 the treatment will start in groups 5-8 as follows. Group 5 will receive daily intraperitoneal injections of Ringer's solution for two weeks (control), while groups 6-8 will receive daily injections of recombinant GSTP1 at a dose of 10, 20 and 40 mg/body weight for two weeks, respectively. Group 9 includes 10 animals with sham procedure.
  • Table 4 Groups of animals and their treatment Group Treatment Sacrifice No. of animals Application and dose 1 Ringer d88 18 i.p. 2 GSTP1 d88 18 i.p., 10 mg/kg bw, 2 weeks 3 GSTP1 d88 18 i.p., 20 mg/kg bw, 2 weeks 4 GSTP1 d88 18 i.p., 40 mg/kg bw, 2 weeks 5 Ringer d88 18 i.p.
  • LV ejection fraction (EF), LV end systolic volume (ESV), LV end diastolic volume (EDV) using echocardiography 2.
  • Heart-to-body weight ratio 3. Histology and immunocytochemistry for infarct size, infarct wall thickness and fibrosis as well as angiogenesis, inflammatory proteins including p38, june kinase and interleukins (only examples are mentioned for inflammatory pathways) 4.
  • Signaling pathways 5.
  • Promoter binding assays 6. TUNEL-assay for apoptosis evaluation 7.
  • LVEDV LV end-diastolic
  • LVESV end-systolic
  • LVEF LVEDV-LVESV/LVEDV
  • ventricles were cross-sectioned at the midpoint of their long axis, before they were either frozen or immersion-fixed in formalin. Paraffin-embedded specimens were used for H&E, Tunnel assay as well as Goldner trichrome collagen staining. TUNEL assays (In situ Cell Death Detection Kit) were performed according to the manufacturer's protocol (Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Basel, Switzerland) in triplicate. Slides were counterstained with 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI, Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) and embedded in AF1 antifadent (Citifluor, Sheffield, UK). Digital images were obtained by fluorescence microscopy (Nikon, Melville, NY). Morphometry was carried out as described (Aharinejad et al., 2008).
  • the primer sequences were sense/antisense: GSTP1: 5'-GGCAACTGAAGCCTTTTGAG-3'/5'-TCATGGATCAGCAGCAAGTC-3'; tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2): 5'-GCAGAAG-GTCTTGGAGATGG-3'/5'-GGTGGAGCAGCATTAAGGTC-3'; and ⁇ 2-microglobulin: 5'-GATGAGTATGCCTGCCGTGTG-3'/5'-CAATCCAAATGCG-GCATCT-3'. mRNA expression were calculated and plotted for treated animals as percentage relative to that in controls.
  • TRF2 tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2
  • ⁇ 2-microglobulin 5'-GATGAGTATGCCTGCCGTGTG-3'/5'-CAATCCAAATGCG-GCATCT-3'.
  • the blots were incubated with primary human monoclonal GSTP1 (Bethyl) and TRAF2 (BD Pharmingen) or polyclonal phospho-p38 (Promega, Madison, WI), phospho-JNK1, JNK1 and p38 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) antibodies prior to incubation with secondary antibodies (Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ). All experiments were performed in triplicate and expression levels were corrected for control loading protein.
  • GSTP1 ameliorates the myocardial overexpression of inflammatory cytokines following acute MI
  • GSTP1 ameliorates the myocardial expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines through TRAF2-regulated NF-kB signaling in the failing myocardium
  • GSTP1-treated rats had significantly increased formation of GST-P1-TRAF2, GSTP1-JNK1 and GSTP1-p38 complexes in their failing cardiac tissue at 3 weeks post-MI as compared to controls (p ⁇ 0.001; Figure 10A ).
  • GSTP1-treated rats had significantly reduced protein expression of activated JNK1 and p38 in their failing myocardial tissue as compared to controls (p ⁇ 0.001; Figure 10B ).
  • GSTP1-treated rats had lower cardiac tissue mRNA expressions of TGF- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IL-2 and IL-17 as compared to controls ( P ⁇ 0.001; Figure 10C ).
  • GSTP1 ameliorates remodeling in rat failing myocardium
  • TNF- ⁇ The role of the inflammatory mediators in the patho-physiology of heart failure has gained a growing interest over the last two decades. Different experimental studies have described the negative inotropic effect of TNF- ⁇ on the LV function. Moreover, it has been reported that TNF- ⁇ promotes LV remodeling, cardiac hypertrophy and progressive cardiomyocytes loss through apoptosis. The growing evidence on the pathological role of inflammatory mediators in the setting of heart failure have resulted in a series of multicenter clinical trials that intended to target TNF- ⁇ in heart failure patients. However, the results of these trials were discouraging. One explanation of these results is that the low physiological levels of TNF- ⁇ might be important for cardiac tissue remodeling and repair.
  • TRAF2 is a central regulator of TNF- ⁇ signaling that mediates MAPK activation.
  • TRAF2 results in activation of NF- ⁇ B.
  • GSTP1 is an important negative regulator of TNF- ⁇ -induced signaling by forming interactions with TRAF2.
  • GSTP1 could inhibit MAPK activation in malignant cell lines indirectly through its interaction with TRAF2 or directly through its interaction with JNK1 and P38.
  • GSTP1 was not only able to suppress the pro-inflammatory mediators like; IL-1, IL-2, JNK1, P38 and NF- ⁇ B but also could increase the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10.
  • the results according to the present invention revealed that GSTP1 protects the cardiac tissue against apoptosis in the failing heart. In concert with this, it has been shown in oncological settings that GSTP1 attenuates the autophosphorylation of TRAF2-enhanced apoptosis signal-regulating kinasel (ASK1) and thus inhibits TRAF2-ASK1-induced cell apoptosis by suppressing the interaction of TRAF2 and ASK1.
  • ASK1 TRAF2-enhanced apoptosis signal-regulating kinasel
  • the present invention provides a novel function of GSTP1 in modulating TNF- ⁇ /TRAF2 elicited JNK1/p38 activation in heart failure.
  • the selective inhibition of TNF- ⁇ /TRAF2-mediated inflammatory signaling by GSTP1 was due to the present animal model shown to be a beneficial treatment for patients with cardiomyopathies or ischemic heart diseases, especially for patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure.

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